I open the door to my flat and slam the door in her face. This weirdness with her almost made me forget how I messed up with Carmen.

I turned on the lights to my empty place. I checked the window to make sure the viper was gone. I wanted to go back to the hospital to apologize to Carmen. It was completely unprofessional to do what I did. I paced the floor of my place thin thinking of what I was gonna say to her. To get her to understand that her getting well was far more important than her tongue and my tongue doing the tango. I stand corrected this internal monologue was far more stupid that one before it.

La Mer

Ch 10

It was 12:30 Shane was officially late. I knew this was about me. She didn’t say goodbye, she was late. I had a seriously bad feeling about this. I hit the button for the nurse to ask what’s going on. The nurse walks in with a grim look on her face. Did I mention the bad feeling?

“Um Miss Carmen I don’t know how to tell you this so I will just say it….your stay in the hospital is done. You insurance is no longer valid. And that also means no more physical therapy…and you have to leave within the hour….I am sorry.”

“Wait a minute my sponsor was covering all my bills I don’t understand?”

“Miss Carmen I will get one of administrators to speak to you they can explain it better…”

Shock wasn’t even close to what I was feeling right now.

This crispy British guy comes in and tells me that my sponsor has terminated my contract. I was no longer a part of Wet Trax. Therefore my stay was no longer covered…they had excellent outpatient options for me and blah, blah….I called Kim and asked her what the hell was going on. She told me that she made and she just broke me. No one was gonna offer me gigs anymore. So told me to have a nice life. 

I had no options. No family. No friends. I was injured. I used my crutches to walk out of the hospital. I just stood thinking about what to do next. I see this figure leaning against a tree.

Shane. Come to my rescue again. She walks over and gives me a hug.

“I don’t have anywhere to go…she took it all from me…”

“I know…”

“I could call home….”

“I know…”

“What am I gonna do?”

“Well stay with me…and we’ll figure something out in the morning…”

I shouldn’t feel good about this…I should feel really bad. But staying with Shane in her place…things could have been worse.

TBC